An Indian Navy Chetak helicopter with four crew members on board crashed on Tuesday. Two were rescued and the rest are missing.
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Category: Navy
DARPA wants Predator-class UAV on LCS
DARPA has started a Tactically Exploited Reconnaissance Node (TERN) program to get the industry to come up with a Predator-class medium-altitude, long-endurance UAV that can fly and recover back from small ships such as the Littoral Combat Ship.
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Grounding of F-35 lifted
The Pentagon has allowed flights for the F-35 to resume. An email by the F-35 program office said a crack found last week was due to “prolonged exposure to high levels of heat and other operational stresses” in testing.
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Sequester would end flyovers at sports events
There will be no flyovers by the U.S. military at NASCAR, football, baseball and other sports events once cuts under sequestration full kicks in.
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Australia requests for 12 more Super Hornets and 12 Growlers
The U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress Feb. 27 of a possible Foreign Military Sale to Australia for up to 12 F/A-18E/F Super Hornet aircraft and 12 EA-18G Growler aircraft.
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